^{23 Ref} And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

^{24 Ref} peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who `are' in its midst?

^{25 Ref} Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'